Sutton (Sutton) Flood Risk

Sutton (Sutton) has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.4 km away.

Sutton (Sutton) has 210,520 residents and 87,106 homes. Ranked 2387 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Sutton (Sutton) Right Now?

0.069 m within its typical range
Gauge
Carshalton Ponds, Carshalton
Distance
1.4 km from the centre of Sutton (Sutton)
Typical range
0.047 m to 0.425 m
Reading taken
20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 0.566 m , reached on 20 July 2007.

All gauges on this river

When Has Sutton (Sutton) Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 4 recorded flood outlines covering Sutton (Sutton), the most recent dated 19 September 1968.

Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.

What Does Sutton (Sutton)'s Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0.4% of postcodes in Sutton (Sutton) sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Sutton (Sutton)?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Sutton (Sutton). The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Sutton (Sutton), with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district Postcodes here Rivers and sea band Surface water addresses
SM1 793 Low 4,165
SM6 733 Low 2,076
SM5 690 Low 2,828
SM2 547 Low 2,425
SM3 364 Low 1,147
KT4 274 High 1,283
CR0 111 Low 283
SM4 58 High 199
CR4 46 Medium 286
CR5 34 Low 9
CR8 26 Low 5
SM7 16 Low 1
KT17 10 High 19

What Else Is Near Sutton (Sutton)?

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